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Work can have a significant impact on people’s mental health. Employers can help to foster a mentally healthy workplace, for example by taking action to prevent and manage stress and training line managers on mental wellbeing.


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    Call for a national OH service to tackle rising sickness absence

    by Nic Paton 16 Sep 2025
    by Nic Paton 16 Sep 2025

    The UK needs to establish a national occupational health service alongside the NHS to help tackle, and support, the rising...

    • Health and safety
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    ‘Troubling gap’ in confidence to discuss suicide at work

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025

    Only four in 10 employees would feel comfortable talking about suicide with a colleague, according to new data from MHFA England.

    • Fit for Work
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Third of employees ‘anxious’ about lack of workplace first aiders

    by Nic Paton 3 Sep 2025
    by Nic Paton 3 Sep 2025

    A third of employees (34%) feel anxious about having a lack of trained first aiders in their workplace, according to...

    • Mental health
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    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Health and wellbeing

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2025

    We profile the work done by all our finalists in the Personnel Today Awards 2025 health and wellbeing category.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Bullying and harassment

    MoD worker loses harassment claim over lack of good luck card

    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025

    A Ministry of Defence employee has lost his claim for harassment after complaining that he did not receive a good luck card when he left his job.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Stress
    • Police

    Police Scotland constable who can’t work in cold weather awarded £43k

    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025

    Police constable awarded £43,100 after she was found to have been victimised by her boss over her inability to work in cold weather.

    • Stress
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    • Anxiety

    BA crew member too anxious to fly wins discrimination claim

    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 13 Aug 2025

    British Airways crew member with 40 years’ service wins disability discrimination claim after stress and anxiety made her unable to fly.

    • NHS
    • Health and safety
    • Mental health

    Violence against A&E staff has doubled, warns RCN

    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025
    by Nic Paton 12 Aug 2025

    Staff in accident and emergency departments are being exposed to punching, spitting and acid attack threats, among a range of...

    • Stress
    • Financial wellbeing
    • Mental health

    ‘Knowledge gap’ fuelling stress about workers’ finances

    by Jo Faragher 6 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 6 Aug 2025

    Almost three-quarters of employees are stressed about their finances, with two-fifths unprepared for financial emergencies.

    • Acas
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    • Early conciliation

    Disability discrimination cases jump 41% in a year

    by Rob Moss 30 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 30 Jul 2025

    Number of disability discrimination cases received by Acas for early conciliation from employment tribunals increases by 40.7%.

    • Mental health
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    • Job creation and losses

    Volunteers dismayed as Samaritans looks to close half of its branches

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jul 2025

    About 100 branches face closure although chief executive has said there was not a ‘definitive’ view on how many branches were needed.

    • Stress
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    • Dismissal

    Manager dismissed after covert recording with HR wins €10k

    by Rob Moss 14 Jul 2025
    by Rob Moss 14 Jul 2025

    Manager summarily dismissed after covert phone recording with HR was shared with the CEO awarded €10,000 for unfair dismissal.

    • Stress
    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Latest News

    Two-thirds drink to cope with work stress and insecurity

    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 14 Jul 2025

    Almost two-thirds (64%) of UK workers admit to drinking alcohol for work-related reasons, primarily to cope with job stress, pressure...

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    ‘Replace sick notes with gym’, Streeting tells GPs

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2025

    GPs will be asked to stop sick notes that sign people off work and instead refer them to job coaches or the gym, under a new government pilot scheme.

    • Fit for Work
    • Occupational Health
    • Mental health

    Four in 10 call centre workers to quit because of poor wellbeing

    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025
    by Nic Paton 8 Jul 2025

    Four out of 10 call centre workers (40%) say they expect to have to quit their role because of poor...

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